Covid-19: Control measures must be equitable and inclusive

The BMJ

Volumn 368, Issue , 2020, Pages

  Berger, Zackary D ^a   Evans, Nicholas G ^b   Phelan, Alexandra L ^c   Silverman, Ross D ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Indiana University School of Law Indianapolis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; EDITORIAL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; PANDEMIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIGHT TO WORK; SOCIAL DISTANCE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; BETACORONAVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85082147262     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.m1141     Document Type: Editorial

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